Small but mighty

I have set a new personal record for the smallest airport I have ever flown into. My previous record was the one in Yuma, AZ , a city that has a special place in my heart, as my parents eloped there, over 60 years ago. The airport there has four gates, which are actually doors. Whichever one is open when you land, that's the one you go in. The desk crew moves over to check you in through the gate when you depart. However, my new smallest airport ever is  the one in Prescott, AZ, to which only Great Lakes Airlines flies. There are a few flights a day, but only one to and from CA per day, from Ontario. The girls downstairs who check your bag in, are the ones that are up at the gate in Ontario. The co-pilot is standing at the foot of the stairs when you board. There is no attendant, as least not on this route. It is only an 18 seat plane ("every seat is both a window and an aisle.")  When you get to Prescott, you land near a building which resembles a post office from the outside, and  a house from the inside.  Inside there is not a baggage claim conveyor. There is a door inside which the luggage is placed. There is a fireplace which enhances its resemblance to a house, and I think it has fewer square feet than my small house does. The Hertz counter is a cubbyhole with a desk and a very nice young lady who runs down the street to fill the car up. When you return you just leave the car out front ("we'll find it!") . When time for departure comes, the same guy checks you in, take your bag, opens the one door to the field, and loads your luggage in after you go through security. That is small. Oh, and no gift shop. Yuma has one.  Prescott does have a six stool, three booth lunch counter with the nicest ladies in the world running it. Everyone at this airport are the nicest I have met, including the TSA agents, who outnumbered the passengers. Big time it ain't but big-hearted it is. Oh , and the flight itself is a hoot. Not particularly rough, though noisier than a commercial jet, as it is a twin engine turbo prop. I know I am dating myself when I say it reminds me of my childhood TV watching, and hearing the announcer call out "Skyyyyy Kiiinng!!"  Look it up on imdb.com. 0 : )